Improvement in attaching handles to cutlery



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JOSEPH W. GARDNER, OF SHELBURNE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LAM- SON AND GOODNOW MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.`

Letters Patent N 95,457, dated October 5, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHING- HANDLS TO CU'IILERY.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osEPH W. GARDNER, of Shelburne Falls, in the county of Franklin, and State. of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manner of Fastening the Handies to the Blades, Sto., of Table-Cutlery; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ot' this specification, in which-f Figure 1 represents, in perspective, a table-knife with the handle united after my general plan.

Figures 2 and 3 represent cross-sections taken.

through the handle, to show how the holsters are let into it.

Figure 4 represents, in perspective, a modification of the plan of uniting the bolster to the handle.

Similar letters ofrefereuce, where they occur in the separate figures, denote like parts in all of the drawings.

My invention consists in extending one of the bolsters, that are wrought on the blade, along one edge or side ofthe handle, and `to and around the rear end of said handle vfar enough to form a firm hold or support there, which. prevents the handle from getting loose by wear. v

To enable others skilled .in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference. to the drawings.

In ig. 1,`(L b represent the holsters, wrought upon the blade A of a knife., oi' which holsters the one, (l, extends along the edge of the handle B, to and partially around the rear of the handle, where (in this modification) it is held by a small screw, c.

The other bolster, l), is quite short, as shown in the drawings, and both holsters are iet into the material of which the handle is composed, as seen inthe sections, igs. 2and 3, which forms a tirmer union between the two. I

A tongue, wrought on the blade, or with thebolsters, as seen in dotted lines at e, iig 1, may be used,

which, entering a groove or recess ,in the end of the handle, gives greater stiitness and rigidity to thella'andle and blade.. When a screw is used, as at 0,-tohold the handle and holster together, they 'may be separated seat, by a suitable instrument or machine used for that purpose. In this oase the handle cannot possibly get loose by wear, but it is not so readily removable as by the use ofthe screw, as in iig. 1. v

Simply setting the rear end ofthe bolster down into and around the end of the handle, as in tig. 4, is Sutcient, but if found essential, or desirable, a pin, rivet, or screw may be inserted in the end of the bolster, or

said end may itself be turned or bent into an angular form, and enter a recessin the handle. In this lnoditication, asin that at tig. l, a tongue on the blade may enter a groove or recess in the end of the handle.

I vThe bolster l) extends a very short dist-ance on its edge or side of the handle, as seen in the drawings. That distance is sutlicient, but it may be extended further if so pxleferred.

By this mode of uniting the handle to table-cut lery, all large holes in the handle are avoided, leaving it comparatively a solid handle.

Whcn'holes of any size are made in handles of ivory, or what is ltermed ivory, and otherequivalent material, it invariably cheeks or splits at such places, Inaking it almost impossible to hold anything tightly.

I avoid this hitherto troublesome matter by my plan ot' uniting 'the handle and blade, not requiring any boring ofthe handle that would cause such checks orA cracks.

Having thus fully described my invention, e

What I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Holding or uniting handles to cutlery, by extending' one ofthe holsters to and around the rear of said handle, as and for the purpose herein described and represented.

Witnesses:

F. A. BALL, H. O. SMITH.

J. W". GARDNER. 

